Mark will be joining Architecture and Interior Design students tomorrow at Norwich University of the Arts for an afternoon of workshops and lectures, before delivering a talk in the evening which is open to the public.

Titled "The Art of Darkness", the lively, illustrated talk will focus on light, darkness and architecture with reference to the innovative work we do.

The talk will be held in St Andrews Building at 6.30pm tomorrow, Thursday 31st January. All are welcome!

It was announced at the RDI Address 2018, Royal Society of Arts (RSA), London last night that Mark Major RDI has become the 'Master Elect' of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry. He will assume the position of 'Master' from November 2019. Read More

Our world is rapidly becoming overpopulated and its resources overstretched. Some day in the near future the Earth’s ability to sustain life may be compromised to the point that we will be forced to leave - a mass migration. This will open up many new possibilities, among which will be a new relationship between ourselves and the Sun.

Speirs + Major’s installation ‘One Sun’ is a simple light based structure which explores and challenges this future relationship with the Sun.

Based on footage from the NASA Curiosity Rover on Mars, the sunset on Mars is recognisable but extraordinary. This prompts the question “What would sunlight feel like on another planet?” In the images, the sunlight appears in some ways familiar, yet more distant than we are used to, invoking enforced displacement and a feeling of 'sad sunlight'.

‘One Sun’ uses a common source of light (a ‘Sun’) in a simple back-to-back juxtaposition of sunrise and sunset. In exploring these scenes from different viewpoints in relation to the trajectory of the light source, we can begin to question the very nature of our appreciation of sunlight.